Tours

Japanese: トゥール
Tours
Capital of the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. Located in the middle of the Loire River, near the confluence with the Cher River, it is a center of rail and road traffic. Trade in agricultural products is thriving. Machine, electrical, and chemical industries are carried out in the city. Wine-producing region. Home to a medical school. Originating in ancient Roman times, it was part of the Frankish Kingdom in the 6th century, and a center of religion and academia in the Middle Ages. Birthplace of Balzac. Population: 129,506, metropolitan population over 280,000 (1990).

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Japanese:
フランス中部,アンドル・エ・ロアール県の県都。ロアール川中流,シェール川との合流点に近く,鉄道,道路交通の中心。農産物の取引が盛ん。機械・電機・化学などの工業が行われる。ワインの産地。医大がある。起源は古代ローマ時代で,6世紀にフランク王国領,中世には宗教・学術の中心であった。バルザックの生地。12万9506人,都市圏人口28万人以上(1990)。

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